Violin bridge



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E. D. DENN\S VIOLIN BRIDGE Filed Nov. 12, 1920 Elwuwwtoz ElZDenn is 1 Iv I Mom 4:

Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD D. DENNIS, 0F

VIOLIN Application filed November To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD D. DENNIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Plymouth, in the county of Sheboygan and State ofVvisconsin, have invented a new and useful Violin Bridge, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to violins and similar stringed instruments andmore particularly to an attachment for use on the bridge whereby thesteel E string is prevented from cutting into the wood or other materialof which the bridge is formed.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which issimple in construction and can be applied readily to a bridge already inuse.

WVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of whatis claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown canbe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings terred form of the shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a. bridge having thepresent improvement applied thereto.

Figure 2 is an enlarged section. on line 2-2, Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig. 2 but taken at one side of theopening in the clip.

Referring to the figures by characters of the preinvention has beenvreference A designates a bridge of the usual construction and theattachment constituting the present invention is adapted to be placed onthe upper edge thereof in position PLYMOUTH, WISCONSIN.

BRIDGE.

12, 1920. Serial No. 423,627.

for engagement by the steel E string. This attachment is in the form ofa sheet metal clip 1 having an opening 2 extending through the crownportion thereof so that the string can be extended through the openingand rest within a notch in the top ridge oi the bridge. The clip willfrictionally engage the bridge and remain firmly in position thereon,the tension of the string engaging the clip being such as to hold saidclip pressed tightly in place. It will be noted that the lower edge ofthe opening 2 is in alinement with the lower edge of the notch in thebridge.

By providing a device such. as described the string will not cut intothe bridge but will always be maintained at the proper level.

Instead of providing a hole in the clip, an indentation may be formedtherein to receive the string, as will be obvious.

hat is claimed is The combination with the bridge of a stringedinstrument, of a string supporting U-shaped clip straddling the bridgeand frictionally engaging it, said clip having a rounded crown portionfitting snugly upon the top edge of the bridge, there being a stringreceiving opening extending through the clip and within the rounded endportion thereof, said opening being so positioned that the lower edgeregisters with a notch in the bridge for the reception of a string, thelower edge of the opening being in alinement with the lower edge of thenotch in the bridge.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto ailiXedmy signa ture in the presence of two witnesses.

EDIVARD D. DENNIS. lVitnesses H. J. RODNEY, A. B. RooNnY.

